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It would have helped me immensely when I first started my roasting business. Most people want to keep their costs as low as possible when starting up. The problem I had when I started was limited selection for my customers. When you have to buy full sacks of green at a time to get the best...

Every single green wholesaler I have ever done business with will ship you samples before purchase. They fully understand the need to taste the coffee before buying it. The quantity will range between 1/2 pound and 1 pound samples depending on the supplier. There are a few other options also...

Unfortunately, counterfeit Kopi Luwak is not the only "Dirty Little Secret" Indonesia is keeping. Civets are being trapped and captured, forced to live their lives in a tiny little cage under deplorable conditions. This article sums it up pretty nicely.

Thanks for the heads up Shep. This whole time I thought I was a legitimate business. I started out mobile roasting part time. I built a pretty big client base, some of which found me roasting at Farmers Markets. They seemed to think I was legitimate enough. They have all become faithful...

The only problem with a purpose built roaster is the air quality issues you are opening yourself up to. You have to add in permit costs and some towns require afterburners for coffee roasters which are very expensive and not very portable. I've never had anybody tell me I need a permit or an...

Farmers Markets are the exception, at least in my area you are allowed to sell retail directly to customers. Usually cottage laws only pertain to foods made in the home and brought to the event. Preparing or "roasting" at the event is a whole different set of rules. You will most likely need...

A lot of people that have bought my roaster are doing the same thing. It's kind of a novelty, when people see you roasting great tasting coffee in a BBQ they are amazed that its that simple. Apparently most people were under the impression there was some kind of magic involved.

Sorry Bardo, I didn't mean to hijack your thread. The point I was trying to make was you don't need to spend a lot of money to get into the mobile roasting business.

Absolutely. I'm still making roasters too but honestly, I make way more money roasting coffee for a living. I still do Fairs and Farmers Markets every once in a while but most of my time is spent roasting for accounts I managed to acquire through those local events. I mainly use those for...

Mobile roasting is where I started. Of course my start up costs were more in the $400 - -$700 range. I traveled around to Farmers Markets and Fairs bringing only my BBQ grill, roasting drum, coffee bags and sack of green coffee. I sold literally tons of coffee that way.

I use the whole can. It usually makes just shy of a quart I think. I guess it all depends on how sweet you like your coffee. I personally don't like it too sweet. It works really well with iced coffee too. Next time I make some I'll measure everything out and write it down so I can share.

I never really measured it. I just do it to taste. It's probably around a 2-1 or 3-1 ratio, milk to sweetened condensed milk. I will usually make a bunch at a time and keep it in the fridge. It keeps for quite a while. IMO, it tastes better than store bought liquid creamer and it's much cheaper.

I use sweetened evaporated milk as a base, cut it with whole milk and add any flavor that suits me at the time. I use Watkins flavorings because they taste the best. My current favorite is a few drops of caramel and a few drops of peppermint. I don't know why but that combination is really tasty.

I would be cautious of companies contacting you offering CPC advertising. Most reputable CPC ad networks don't seek you out. Some of the more popular ones besides Google adwords are Media Net (which is Yahoo/Bing) and Infolinks. Personally, I would initially focus on Facebook. Not only...

cedarcreekcoffee, First of all let me say I think what you are doing is great. Social media is a very important marketing tool when done right. Unfortunately, most business approach social media with the age-old ABC mindset Always Be Closing. Social media is just that - Social. Building...

How about an iced Horchata coffee latte. I'm sure you are familiar with Horchata. For those reading this thread who may not be familiar with Horchata, it's basically sweetened homemade rice milk spiced with cinnamon. It is becoming very popular here in the US as an alternative to dairy and goes...

You should never wash cloth coffee filters with soap. Get them wet and rub them gently between your hands with a little salt to get them clean, then rinse. I have a home made Chorreador (which makes excellent coffee by the way) it uses a large cloth bag to hold the grounds. I have used the same...

What is the price per unit and MOQ? How much to ship a sample FOB?

This may be a bit off topic but have you thought about roasting the coffee yourself? Margins on drop shipping any product are small. More so with a really competitive product such as coffee. I started my own roasting business a little over a year ago and it has been very successful. the drop...

Social media's usefulness is directly related to the kind of business you are running. ROI is difficult at best to gauge without any useful analytics in place. Are you using any kind of analytics on you website? As far as I'm concerned that research by the big boys is pretty useless. Here is...

I started my own roasting business a while back and it was the best move I ever made. The only mistake was not starting it sooner. I started out small, roasting at local farmers markets. From that I landed a few accounts roasting for restaurants and hotels. Now I have a very successful coffee...

Some of you may have heard of the Buzz Roaster some of you may not have. The Buzz Roaster is a coffee roasting drum that fits on your gas grill. We started making drums way back in 2004 and were the most popular roasting drum around for years. Due to personal reasons we stopped production much...